Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
$ o; y+ U6 k/ L5 h  S: N& }'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
; j4 i  f) t' W. c2 Y+ zThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
7 V% }( u6 {9 ^' e. ^The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
. U& q! a& W/ s'Yes... speaking'
. t6 y" P/ b( b$ ^/ K" iReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
: ?, y* M( Q; [9 p! ~+ e8 Y'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
, o+ H  {7 r& H  T( I'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
# D$ Q! i* r* V  O  ^' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
+ R5 t% W$ G* s. O* ^0 z0 X: j'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
' X' n6 D, D$ G) r'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
  |) C( p1 ~9 j  m$ X3 xThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
% V* ]" ]7 i4 k: E6 v" Y  J* s, w'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
3 X, ~, `& a5 v4 {, o$ @'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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